Ancient Roman Aqueducts
Background
Aqueducts in The City of Rome
Definitions
Construction
100
What else can you call an aqueduct?
What is a water bridge?
100
When was the first aqueduct made?
What is 312 B.C.
100
Where did the Aqueducts lead to first?
What is cisterns or storage jars?
100
What is the definition of an aqueduct?
What is a channel that conveys water?
100
Where did they get their water sources from?
What is Reservoirs (springs,rivers,etc)?
200
What shape was used to hold the aqueducts?
What is a vault?
200
What is the purpose of aqueducts?
What is to transport water?
200
Where did aqueducts lead to after leaving cisterns?
What is public and private areas?
200
What is a vault?
What is a way of building with arches?
200
Other than gravity, what was a problem to build aqueducts?
What is speed?
300
What were large aqueducts used for?
What is transport links for boats and ships?
300
Where did the Romans get water before the Aqueducts were made?
What is Tiger River?
300
What happened to the Tiger River that made it unsafe?
What is it became polluted?
300
What is an intake?
What is a place where water enters the aqueducts?
300
Other than cisterns, how else did they filter the water?
What is aerate?
400
About how many aqueducts were built in Rome?
What is 11?
400
What was the name of the storage containers used to hold water?
What is cisterns?
400
What would happen if the speed of the water was too fast?
What is the reservoir would drain quickly?
400
What is a conduit?
What is a channel that transports water?
400
What did they make the aqueducts out of?
What is a mixture of concrete, stone, brick, and volcanic cement?
500
What were the challenges the Romans had when building these aqueducts?
What is gravity?
500
Who was the builder of the aqueducts?
What is Marcus Agrippa, friend of Caeser?
500
What was the difference between Roman Aqueducts and Modern Aqueducts?
What is Modern Engineering?
500
What Latin root words were aqueducts derived from?
What is aqua and ducere?
500
How long would the aqueducts be?
What is about 850 miles?
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